Two NASA astronauts wrapped up successful repairs at the International Space Station on Tuesday after a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk to fix an equipment cooling system.
Americans Rick Mastracchio, 53, and Mike Hopkins, 44, floated outside the orbiting lab for seven and a half hours to replace an ammonia pump whose internal control valve failed on December 11.
"We have a pump that is alive and well," said NASA commentator Rob Navias on the US space agency's live television feed ..
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Americans Rick Mastracchio, 53, and Mike Hopkins, 44, floated outside the orbiting lab for seven and a half hours to replace an ammonia pump whose internal control valve failed on December 11.
"We have a pump that is alive and well," said NASA commentator Rob Navias on the US space agency's live television feed ..
Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/27896086.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
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